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(No Model.)

G. M. BROEMLER.

BOTTLE 0R SIMILAR VESSEL.

No. 591,619. Patented Oct. 12,1897.

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GEORGE MAX BROEMLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE 0R SIMILAR VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,619, dated October 12, 1897.

Application filed May 19, 1897. Serial No. 637,161. [No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MAX BROEM- LER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles or Similar Vessels, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; and the object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class which having been once filled and sealed cannot be emptied of its contents without leaving evidence of the fact.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in Which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper part of a bottle constructed according to my improvement, and Fig. 2 a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the like parts of my improvement are designated by similar letters of reference, and in the practice of my invention I provide a bottle or other vessel A, which may be of any desired form and the upper portion of which is contracted, as shown at a, and provided with a neck (R, which is conical in form, the

larger portion thereof being directed upwardly, and around the lower portion of said neck is formed a deep annular groove a and said neck is closed by a plate a which is sealed thereon after the bottle or vessel has been filled, said plate being composed of glass or similar material. I also provide a detachable cap B, which is provided with a neck I) of the usual form, which is adapted to be closed by a cork or stopper in the usual manner, and the detachable cap 13 and thebody portion of the bottle A are provided with metal pieces 0, which are secured in the base of the cap B and the top of the bottle A around the base of the contracted portion a, when the said parts are formed, and the base of the cap B and the top of the body portion of the bottle A are cut away to form an annular groove 1), in which is placed a metal band E, which is soldered or otherwise secured to the metal pieces 0. Any desired number of the metal pieces 0 may be 'employed, and the metal band E extends entirely around the upper portion of the bottle and the base of the cap B, and the operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description,-when taken in connection with'the accompanying drawings, and the following statement thereof.

In practice the bottle or vessel A is first filled with the desired contents, after which the neck a is sealed by means of the plate a. The cap B is then secured in place, said cap being placed on the upper portion of the body of the bottle and connected therewith by means of the band E, and the neck I) of the cap B may then be closed by a cork or plug in the usual manner. The reason I employ metal pieces 0 is to provide means by which the metal strip E may be secured to the separate parts of the bottle, it being well known that metal cannot be soldered on glass; but in forming the bottle A and the cap or cover B the metal strips 0 can be placed therein, and the metal strip E can be soldered to the said part 0, as hereinbefore explained.

\Vhenever it is desired to open the bottle or discharge the contents thereof, the band E is torn off by means of a suitable instrument. The cap B is then removed, and the neck a of the bottle A is broken oif at the groove a It will be apparent that this cannot be done without leaving evidence of the fact that the bottle has once been sealed and opened.

The breaking off of the neck a will prevent the reuse of the bottle for fraudulent purposes, even though the cap B might be resecured thereto.

It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of'a device which is'simple in construction and operation and which is also comparatively inexpensive, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The herein-described bottle comprising a body portion A, having a contracted portion a, and neck a conical in form, the lower por-,

tion thereof being directed downwardly and provided with a deep annular groove between said contracted portion a, and conical neck a a plate a mounted upon said neck and adapted to be sealed thereon, metal strips 0, I

mounted in each of said parts A and B, and

having a portion of the outer surface thereof 5 free and a metal strip E, secured to said strips C, whereby the said parts A and B are held together, substantially as and for the purpose GEORGE MAX BBOEMLER.

Witnesses:

T. M CARR, A. O. VAN BLARCOM. 

